July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Red Gold housing bids reviewed (3/2/05)
Low bids for migrant project comes in about $416,000
By By Jennifer Tarter-
GENEVA — Five bids for the estimated $500,000 Red Gold migrant housing project were opened here on Tuesday night.
Steven Alexander president of Prince/Alexander Architects, Indianapolis, opened the bids received for the project to replace 20 mobile homes currently used as migrant housing at Red Gold’s Geneva plant.
The low bid of $415,926 was submitted by Graber & Meadows Construction of Pennville. Bids also were submitted by Stenze Corporation of Indianapolis, $432,00; Lacy Building Corporation of Celina, Ohio, $435,736; Briner Building of Bluffton, $467,000; and Four Star Construction of Elwood, $596,549.
Alexander said he plans to take all of the bids under advisement and enter into discussion with the low bidder.
Red Gold received a $500,000 grant in November from the Indiana Housing Finance Authority for construction of the new housing.
The town is serving as the fiscal agent for this grant.
In other business, the members of the Geneva Town Council briefly discussed pursuing an Indiana Department of Commerce Community Focus Fund comprehensive planning grant for a study to review the town’s utility rates, annexation and storm water utilities.
“We’re trying to get everything up to date to plan for the future,” Councilman Jim Timmons said Tuesday.
Board members previously discussed that utility rates have not been increased since 2000, and some residents outside city limits are connected to the town’s sewer system but have wells and don’t use town water. They added that the town’s sewer system is expensive to maintain, and rates may need to be increased to help pay for those costs.
The town hasn’t pursued a comprehensive planning grant since 1964.
“It will be a lengthy process because one of the two CFF grants (for the Winchester road and library project) would have to close, (before the town could apply for another CFF grant),” Timmons said. He added it could be two or three years before the town could apply for the new CFF grant.
In other news, council members:
•Approved a resolution for the Geneva Public Library’s completed improvement study.
The improvement study, conducted by Fort Wayne firm Morrison, Kattman & Menze Inc., was funded by a $45,000 DOC Community Focus Fund Planning Grant planning grant.
Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan also told board members that library officials would have to delay applying for a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce for exterior and interior structural repairs at the library. For the town to apply for the grant by the April 1 deadline, the town would have to have a contract signed with a construction company for the $600,000 Winchester Road drainage project.
Town officials are currently waiting on Vince Sommers and Mark Sullivan from Commonwealth Engineering of Indianapolis to prepare the town’s bid package for council review and approval before advertising for construction bids. The council expects to begin advertising for bids in early April and open bids in late April, Milligan said this morning.
•Heard town manager Steve Hampshire report that the town purchased four new vests, two flashing handheld signs and two road signs for crossing guards at South Adams Middle School.
Town employee Kenneth B. Willitts Jr., 69, was working as a crossing guard at SAMS on Feb. 15 at the intersection of U.S. 27 and Butcher Street in Geneva when he was struck by a southbound car.
Hampshire said Willitts is currently undergoing rehabilitation for his injuries at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.
•Heard Milligan report that he and Hampshire will be meeting with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Friday to continue to identify employee overtime and damages that occurred during the Jan. 5 ice storm and flooding a week later.
“I would guess (the town) will be reimbursed between $8,000 and $10,000,” Milligan said.
•Approved the first reading of a parking ordinance allowing Geneva police to cite drivers who park in violation of regulations on private property in Geneva.
Fines will be set between $5 and $50.
This ordinance was prompted by a complaint by Geneva postmaster Marilyn Beeler in January that people were parking illegally behind the post office during business hours.
•Heard Hampshire report that four manholes were cleaned and sprayed with an epoxy coating by Spectra Tech of Noblesville. This treatment is supposed to eliminate groundwater from getting into the sanitary sewer through the manholes.
“The inflow has dramatically decreased (from those manholes),” Hampshire said Tuesday.
•Heard Timmons report that Adams County Severe Weather Week is March 6 to 12.
During that week, the town will be testing its tornado sirens.
•Announced their next meeting will be held Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
Steven Alexander president of Prince/Alexander Architects, Indianapolis, opened the bids received for the project to replace 20 mobile homes currently used as migrant housing at Red Gold’s Geneva plant.
The low bid of $415,926 was submitted by Graber & Meadows Construction of Pennville. Bids also were submitted by Stenze Corporation of Indianapolis, $432,00; Lacy Building Corporation of Celina, Ohio, $435,736; Briner Building of Bluffton, $467,000; and Four Star Construction of Elwood, $596,549.
Alexander said he plans to take all of the bids under advisement and enter into discussion with the low bidder.
Red Gold received a $500,000 grant in November from the Indiana Housing Finance Authority for construction of the new housing.
The town is serving as the fiscal agent for this grant.
In other business, the members of the Geneva Town Council briefly discussed pursuing an Indiana Department of Commerce Community Focus Fund comprehensive planning grant for a study to review the town’s utility rates, annexation and storm water utilities.
“We’re trying to get everything up to date to plan for the future,” Councilman Jim Timmons said Tuesday.
Board members previously discussed that utility rates have not been increased since 2000, and some residents outside city limits are connected to the town’s sewer system but have wells and don’t use town water. They added that the town’s sewer system is expensive to maintain, and rates may need to be increased to help pay for those costs.
The town hasn’t pursued a comprehensive planning grant since 1964.
“It will be a lengthy process because one of the two CFF grants (for the Winchester road and library project) would have to close, (before the town could apply for another CFF grant),” Timmons said. He added it could be two or three years before the town could apply for the new CFF grant.
In other news, council members:
•Approved a resolution for the Geneva Public Library’s completed improvement study.
The improvement study, conducted by Fort Wayne firm Morrison, Kattman & Menze Inc., was funded by a $45,000 DOC Community Focus Fund Planning Grant planning grant.
Geneva clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan also told board members that library officials would have to delay applying for a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Indiana Department of Commerce for exterior and interior structural repairs at the library. For the town to apply for the grant by the April 1 deadline, the town would have to have a contract signed with a construction company for the $600,000 Winchester Road drainage project.
Town officials are currently waiting on Vince Sommers and Mark Sullivan from Commonwealth Engineering of Indianapolis to prepare the town’s bid package for council review and approval before advertising for construction bids. The council expects to begin advertising for bids in early April and open bids in late April, Milligan said this morning.
•Heard town manager Steve Hampshire report that the town purchased four new vests, two flashing handheld signs and two road signs for crossing guards at South Adams Middle School.
Town employee Kenneth B. Willitts Jr., 69, was working as a crossing guard at SAMS on Feb. 15 at the intersection of U.S. 27 and Butcher Street in Geneva when he was struck by a southbound car.
Hampshire said Willitts is currently undergoing rehabilitation for his injuries at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.
•Heard Milligan report that he and Hampshire will be meeting with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Friday to continue to identify employee overtime and damages that occurred during the Jan. 5 ice storm and flooding a week later.
“I would guess (the town) will be reimbursed between $8,000 and $10,000,” Milligan said.
•Approved the first reading of a parking ordinance allowing Geneva police to cite drivers who park in violation of regulations on private property in Geneva.
Fines will be set between $5 and $50.
This ordinance was prompted by a complaint by Geneva postmaster Marilyn Beeler in January that people were parking illegally behind the post office during business hours.
•Heard Hampshire report that four manholes were cleaned and sprayed with an epoxy coating by Spectra Tech of Noblesville. This treatment is supposed to eliminate groundwater from getting into the sanitary sewer through the manholes.
“The inflow has dramatically decreased (from those manholes),” Hampshire said Tuesday.
•Heard Timmons report that Adams County Severe Weather Week is March 6 to 12.
During that week, the town will be testing its tornado sirens.
•Announced their next meeting will be held Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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